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Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel (25 days
and tended to with almost antique machinery and a well-practiced hand
honey and white flowers with elegant and rich flavours of toasted nuts and citrus
A lush dessert wine made from the Muscal grape and fortified by the addition of grape spirit to arrest fermentation before all the sugar has been fermented
The palate is well balanced with bitter lemon on the tip of the tongue
Craggy Range Gimbet Gravels Merlot 2021 Size::1 Bottle Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steelMerlot is the most planted red grape in Hawke's Bay and it's blended here with 15% Cabernet Franc, which adds the deep crimson colour and impressive backbone and structure to this wine. Fermentation was all in stainless steel tanks to retain fruit forward approachability with maturation for 17 months in French oak barriques, which adds smoothness and a velvety texture to this wine. It's dry and tastes of ripe dark fruit.
